Community Water System · PWSID TX1550005

City of Mart

Serves 1,846 peopleSurface WaterOwner: Local GovernmentMart, Texas
Nothing open that measures the water, but 13 open testing or paperwork violations.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 2003: 82 violations. 4 over the limit · 39 missed or late tests · 39 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-07-19.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

4Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
39Missed or late test
39Notice or report13 open

More violations on record than 95% of active water systems in Texas. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

2003 · Notice or report: 120052008 · Notice or report: 12010 · Missed or late test: 12010 · Notice or report: 220102011 · Missed or late test: 12012 · Missed or late test: 22012 · Notice or report: 12014 · Missed or late test: 12014 · Notice or report: 22015 · Missed or late test: 72015 · Missed or late test: 72015 · Missed or late test: 72015 · Missed or late test: 72015 · Notice or report: 32015 · Notice or report: 320152016 · Over the limit: 12016 · Missed or late test: 62016 · Missed or late test: 62016 · Missed or late test: 62016 · Notice or report: 52016 · Notice or report: 52016 · Notice or report: 52017 · Over the limit: 12017 · Missed or late test: 122017 · Missed or late test: 122017 · Missed or late test: 122017 · Missed or late test: 122017 · Missed or late test: 122017 · Missed or late test: 122017 · Notice or report: 72017 · Notice or report: 72017 · Notice or report: 72017 · Notice or report: 72018 · Missed or late test: 62018 · Missed or late test: 62018 · Missed or late test: 62018 · Notice or report: 72018 · Notice or report: 72018 · Notice or report: 72018 · Notice or report: 72019 · Missed or late test: 12019 · Notice or report: 82019 · Notice or report: 82019 · Notice or report: 82019 · Notice or report: 820202022 · Missed or late test: 12023 · Over the limit: 22023 · Missed or late test: 12023 · Notice or report: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025
One square ≈ 2 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
5% over the limit · 448% missed or late test · 3948% notice or report · 39

Across Texas, 60% of violations are missed or late tests and 10% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Arsenic2023-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0110 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.1×)2023-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0140 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2017-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0110 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.1×)2016-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0110 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.1×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 1 result on file · action level 15 ppb

0 ppb

Open now (13)

  1. 2019-11-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  2. 2019-08-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  3. 2019-04-05Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  4. 2019-03-07Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  5. 2019-01-22Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  6. 2018-11-04Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  7. 2018-10-20Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  8. 2018-07-07Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  9. 2018-05-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  10. 2018-04-30Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  11. 2017-08-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  12. 2017-06-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  13. 2017-04-14Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-07-19Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  2. 2023-05-11Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  3. 2023-05-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Monitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter)Back in compliance
  4. 2023-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0110 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2023-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0140 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2022-01-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  7. 2019-11-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  8. 2019-08-26Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2019-08-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  10. 2019-06-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2019-06-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  12. 2019-04-05Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  13. 2019-03-07Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  14. 2019-03-07Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  15. 2019-01-22Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  16. 2018-11-04Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  17. 2018-10-20Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  18. 2018-10-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  19. 2018-08-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  20. 2018-07-07Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  21. 2018-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  22. 2018-06-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  23. 2018-05-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  24. 2018-04-30Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  25. 2018-04-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 55 entries
  1. 2018-01-01Carbon, Total ×2Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2018-01-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  3. 2017-12-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  4. 2017-10-01Carbon, Total ×2Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2017-09-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  6. 2017-08-03Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2017-08-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  8. 2017-08-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  9. 2017-07-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2017-06-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  11. 2017-05-08Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  12. 2017-05-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  13. 2017-04-14Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  14. 2017-04-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2017-04-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  16. 2017-03-05Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  17. 2017-03-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  18. 2017-02-03Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  19. 2017-01-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2017-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0110 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2017-01-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  22. 2016-11-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  23. 2016-11-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  24. 2016-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0110 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2016-10-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  26. 2016-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  27. 2016-03-18Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  28. 2016-02-08Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  29. 2016-02-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  30. 2016-01-25Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  31. 2016-01-12Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  32. 2016-01-01Carbon, TotalMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Period ended · no return to compliance on file
  33. 2016-01-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  34. 2015-12-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  35. 2015-12-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  36. 2015-11-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  37. 2015-10-27Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  38. 2015-10-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  39. 2015-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  40. 2015-09-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  41. 2015-08-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  42. 2015-07-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  43. 2015-02-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  44. 2014-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  45. 2014-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  46. 2014-02-21Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  47. 2012-11-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  48. 2012-09-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  49. 2012-07-01E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Back in compliance
  50. 2011-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  51. 2010-10-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  52. 2010-09-03Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  53. 2010-05-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Failure Submit Filter Profile/CPE ReportBack in compliance
  54. 2008-09-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  55. 2003-01-01Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance

System details

Population served1,846
Service connections893
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityMart
EPA ZIP on file76664-0360

Areas served

  • Mclennan County

Reading this record

City of Mart is a community water system that draws from surface water and serves about 1,846 people in Mart, Texas. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.